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Pragmatic neuroethics : improving treatment and understanding of the mind-brain [E-Book]

By: Series: Basic bioethicsPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2010Description: 1 online resource (xix, 267 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262265904
  • 0262265907
  • 1282736965
  • 9781282736962
  • 026201419X
  • 9780262014199
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • 2010 H-148
  • WL 21
Other classification:
  • 44.02
  • 77.50
Online resources:
Contents:
Salient challenges in modern neuroethics -- Reviewing past and current neuroethics : definitions, attributes, and perspectives -- Pragmatic naturalism in bioethics -- Neuroethics : exploring the implications of pragmatic naturalism -- Public understanding of neuroscience innovation and emerging interpretations of neuroscience research -- Enhancement of performance with neuropharmaceuticals : pragmatism and the culture wars -- Disorders of consciousness in an evolving neuroscience context -- Communication of prognosis in disorders of consciousness and severe brain injury : a closer look at paradoxical discourses in the clinical and public domains -- Social neuroscience : a pragmatic epistemological and ethical framework for the neuroscience of ethics -- Conclusion : neuroethics and future challenges for neuroscience, ethics, and society.
Summary: A survey of the emerging field of neuroethics that calls for a multidisciplinary, pragmatic approach for tackling key issues and improving patient care.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-253) and index.

Salient challenges in modern neuroethics -- Reviewing past and current neuroethics : definitions, attributes, and perspectives -- Pragmatic naturalism in bioethics -- Neuroethics : exploring the implications of pragmatic naturalism -- Public understanding of neuroscience innovation and emerging interpretations of neuroscience research -- Enhancement of performance with neuropharmaceuticals : pragmatism and the culture wars -- Disorders of consciousness in an evolving neuroscience context -- Communication of prognosis in disorders of consciousness and severe brain injury : a closer look at paradoxical discourses in the clinical and public domains -- Social neuroscience : a pragmatic epistemological and ethical framework for the neuroscience of ethics -- Conclusion : neuroethics and future challenges for neuroscience, ethics, and society.

A survey of the emerging field of neuroethics that calls for a multidisciplinary, pragmatic approach for tackling key issues and improving patient care.

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